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  1. courtroom drama
    Accused Cult Leader Larry Ray Leaves Court in AmbulanceLarry Ray, accused of controlling a group of Sarah Lawrence students, left the courthouse in an ambulance today.
    By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
  2. don’t panic
    Hopefully You Won’t Be Crushed by Space Debris This WeekendExperts don’t know exactly where a 23-ton Chinese rocket part will land.
    By Mia Mercado
  3. bleep
    Most Jersey Reporter Ever Tells Trump Supporter to ‘Buzz Off’ on Live TVBut it sounded like ‘F— Off.’ Really it did.
    By Rebecca Alter
  4. games
    Why the MLB Off-season Explains Our Response to the Mueller InvestigationWe see the trees, but not the forest; we see so many atoms that we barely react when the bomb hits.
    By Will Leitch
  5. here’s what tim’s been cookin’
    Apple Wants to Be Your Friend NowApple’s always been “friendly but not your friend,” but that approach feels odd for services.
    By Brian Feldman
  6. space
    Look at This Giant Martian Skating RinkDid you know that aliens love to skate?
    By Claire Lampen
  7. Teleprompter Trump vs. Unscripted Trump, a ComparisonThe difference between Trump on and off script.
    By Samantha Lee
  8. select all
    Facebook PuntsThe site will reinstate a famous photo it removed for violating content guidelines.
    By Brian Feldman
  9. select all
    Facebook’s Fake News and Its Conservative News Problems Are the Same ThingWhen lying and distortion are part of media culture, what is a “neutral” platform to do?
    By Brian Feldman
  10. Why Breaking News Means Old Stories in Your Facebook Feed What’s really at stake isn’t social media’s relationship to time — it’s news’ relationship to it.
    By Lilly Lampe
  11. The Vine Heard Round the WorldThe video service isn’t your first stop for news, but it might be soon.
    By Ben Ellman
  12. the sports section
    The Rangers Clinch a Playoff Berth, Later Than ExpectedDoing so wasn’t supposed to be a big deal anymore.
    By Joe DeLessio
  13. the sequester
    President Obama Is Taking a Pay CutBecause of the sequester.
    By Dan Amira
  14. youtube
    Pew Study Finds YouTube Emerging As Major News PlatformMeet Tom and Ben.
    By Brett Smiley
  15. cable news
    Talk Box: Tax-Cut Extension Would Lead to More Borrowing From ChinaMSNBC’s ‘Countdown’ investigates the huge amounts the U.S. will have to borrow from countries like China and Russia.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  16. cable news
    Talk Box: O’Reilly ‘Stokes’ Class War and Ed Schultz Calls Obama a TurncoatCable news took a trip to Bizarro World last night.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  17. cable news
    Talk Box: Sarah Palin Trashes Katie Couric, Swears Off Interviews With HerMeanwhile, the rest of cable news seems convinced that she’s going to run for president.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  18. cable news
    Talk Box: Texas Governor Not Impressed With GM’s IPORick Perry thinks private-sector acquisitions would have absorbed job loss if the government allowed GM to go under.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  19. cable news
    Talk Box: Cable Talkers Respond to Ted Koppel’s Grumpy Op-EdThe former ABC anchor received some feisty retorts from the opinion shows he blames for ruining television news.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  20. cable news
    Talk Box: McConnell’s Earmark Flip Encourages at Least One LiberalBut Rachel Maddow is happy to point out his George W. Bush problem.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  21. cable news
    Talk Box: The Left’s Take on Obama’s Latest SurrenderMeanwhile, Sean Hannity thinks it’s the Republicans who are caving.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  22. cable news
    Talk Box: Rand Paul Stays Vague About Spending Cuts, Gets Testy With SpitzerPaul to Spitzer: “Your personal agenda is getting in the way of you being a very effective broadcaster.”
    By Dorsey Shaw
  23. cable news
    Talk Box: Nobody Puts Rick Perry in a CornerEliot Spitzer tries to box the Texas governor in on Social Security reform.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  24. cable news
    Talk Box: Glenn Beck Warns GOP ‘Boys Club’ of Whig-Like ExtinctionPlus, Chris Matthews tries to get Alabama governor Haley Barbour to let him know when the next boys’ club meeting starts.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  25. cable news
    Talk Box: What’s So Wrong With Negative Ads?Plus, Rachel Maddow denounces Sharron Angle’s classy effort to link Harry Reid with scary-looking people who aren’t white, on our regular cable-news roundup.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  26. cable news
    Talk Box: Kentucky Reminds Chris Matthews of Thirties GermanyPlus, Keith Olbermann interviews the MoveOn.org rep who got her head stomped on.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  27. cable news
    Talk Box: It’s Already Over for Democrats (on Cable News)Plus, the Washington ‘Post”s Eugene Robinson and Keith Olbermann see gridlock as a political “wet dream” for Barack Obama.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  28. the goldman sachs pile-on
    Australians Sue Goldman Over ‘Shitty Deal’“Oy! That was us that bought that!”
    By Jessica Pressler
  29. rhymes with ditty
    News Shows Can’t Get Enough of Carl Levin’s Dirty MouthShocked by “shitty.”
    By Josh Duboff and Dan Duray
  30. a good time was had by all
    Larry King Had His ‘Privates’ Fondled at the AirportAirport security people have all the luck.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. north korea
    Second American Held in North KoreaFirst American was held in late December.
    By Josh Duboff
  32. man on the street
    So, New York, What Makes You Happy?Tim Murphy takes to the street to ask.
    By Jonah Green and Chris Rovzar
  33. scary things
    Comeback of the Year: Swine FluThree schools in Queens have shut down after an outbreak.
    By Jessica Coen
  34. slideshow
    Top Ten Cable-News Election-Coverage GimmicksThis year, from the primaries to the debates, has seen a surge in high-tech innovations — from interactive flat-screens and floating 3-D graphs to real-time reactions from pundits and voters. But inevitably, some experiments were more successful than others.
    By Dan Amira